Sometimes we spend time with friends or family and it feels like we’ve watched ‘this movie’ several times already. Other times it feels like a more precious sharing of time and ideas. What makes one feel like saying, “I’ve missed you.” “I enjoy your wit and humor.” Rich and I met over coffee at Fiddleheads. […]

A rich noble commissioned a famous artist to paint him a picture of a crane. The artist agreed, though he set a rather steep price, even for one as rich as this noble. The artist asked his patron to return in a month. After a month, the noble returned to the house of the artist. […]